A meeting of Hong Kong’s legislative council once again descended into chaos on Wednesday after separatist lawmakers ignored an order barring them from the chamber.<br /><br /> The Youngspiration party’s Yau Wai-ching, 25, and Sixtus Leung, 30, flanked by a human chain of democracy legislators, briefly took their seats before the council president adjourned the meeting.<br /><br /> Andrew Leung asked the pair to leave before ending the session, declaring that until his order was enforced, he would “not say a word”. <br /><br /> Outside the chamber, thousands of pro-China staged a rally opposing their election.<br /><br /> So many pro-government protestors in #hongkong the nursing homes gave all staff the day off. pic.twitter.com/vENGTwKAg2— Andrew Leyden (@PenguinSix) 26 October 2016<br /><br /> Protests inside and out<br /><br /> The separatist lawmakers, elected to the legislative council in September, were initially barred on the grounds that they have not properly taken their oaths of allegiance – taking the opportunity to stage an anti-China protest when doing so.<br /><br /> On their first attempt to read the script swearing allegiance to the “Hong Kong Special Administrative Region”, both deviated, referring to the partially autonomous territory as the “Hong Kong Nation”.<br /><br /> Yau is alleged to have called the People’s Republic of China “the People’s Ref*cking of Shina” – Shina being a derogatory term for the country.<br /><br /> Yau went even further by apparently calling the People’s Republic of China “the People’s Ref-cking of Shina.”<br /><br /> weird_hist Harry Potter in the Hong Kong Legislative Council, called #Legco https://t.co/MUN6eJbWyO pic.twitter.com/xZqFtPehSi— Wai Sing-Rin (waisingrin) 14 October 2016<br /><br /> The pair wrapped themselves in a blue banner inscribed with the words “Hong Kong Is Not China”.<br /><br /> Hong Kong legislative council members protest for independence from China during oath-takinghttps://t.co/kuqkQpMH1j pic.twitter.com/rkf6CtVSNY— YouTube Newswire (@ytnewswire) 12 October 2016<br />
